Rou Dai Kaioshin
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| Romaji | Rou Dai Kaioshin |
| Anime Name | Elder Kai |
| Manga Name | The Former Kaioshin |
| Alternate Name(s) | Old Kai Lord of Lords Old Kaio Old Kaioshin Rō Dai Kaioshin |
| First Appearance | DBZ Chapter #285 DBZ Episode #235 |
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| Race | Kai |
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Rou Dai Kaioshin (FUNimation dub: Elder Kai) is a fictional character from the anime and manga series Dragon Ball Z and its anime only sequel Dragon Ball GT.
[edit] Personality
Rou Dai Kaioshin's personality and demeanor are very perverted and selfcentered, much like Muten-Rôshi, another character from the series. He has a very perverted mind and loves dirty magazines. It's shown during the Buu Saga when Goku bribed him of those to find out a power that he was boasting about, but says he can use his vision to see girls play beach volleyball. He eventually accepts the offer to touch an Earth woman's breasts, to kiss an Earth woman, or to go on a date with an Earth woman depending on the version of Dragon Ball Z.
Rou Dai Kaioshin has the power to raise a being's ability to their maximum potential. This was gained from fusing with the witch. He often boasts and calls it his "menacing capacities". The ritual begins with him slowly pacing around the participant for five hours. During that time the participant has to stand patiently. After, they both sit facing each other for twenty hours. During this time the participant must be still, but Rou Dai Kaioshin was able to do things such as read. He also has other powers like the ability to create objects out of nothing, a power common in the series, and the ability to view things in any world at any time.
[edit] History
Long before the events of the series, Rou Dai Kaioshin was once a youthful looking being, until one day, an old witch took one of the Potara Earrings that he was wearing. She put the earring on her ear which caused the two to fuse. This caused him to become an old wrinkly being with a personality befitting of the new form. Some time after this fusion, Rou Dai Kaioshin was sealed by an enemy, which according to him was very powerful, but not as powerful as Majin Buu. He was sealed inside the Z-Sword due to the enemy fearing his ability to raise a person's power gained from fusing with the witch.
During the Buu Saga, Supreme Kai and Kibito were looking for warriors they believed would be strong enough to defeat Majin Buu. They eventually ended up with Gohan and had him remove the Z-Sword from its stone encasement. Goku eventually showed up, and started to help Gohan train. To test the blade, the Supreme Kai generated the strongest metal in the universe, katcheen, and gave it to Goku to throw. When Gohan hit the metal, the Z-Sword broke in half, releasing Rou Dai Kaioshin.
Rou Dai Kaioshin told them that he could bring out Gohan's latent abilities by doing an "essential ritual". After waiting for hours, Rou Dai Kaioshin had finally unleashed Gohan's hidden potential. After Gohan lost to Super Buu, Rou Dai Kaioshin revealed the method of potara fusion to Goku and gave him the potara earrings to fuse with Gohan (though Goku would end up fusing with Vegeta, creating Vegetto). He then gives up his life so Goku can live again and return to Earth to fuse with Gohan to defeat Buu. When Kid Buu had been brought out, he went to Namek with Dende and Kibitoshin, where he and the others used the Namekian Dragon Balls to help Goku and Vegeta defeat Kid Buu.
In Dragon Ball GT, Rou Dai Kaioshin played a prominent part towards the middle of the Bebi Saga, by helping Goku's tail grow back to help him fight Bebi, which allows Goku to ascend and transform into Super Saiyan 4. In the Shadow Dragon Saga, he and Kibitoshin explain to the Z-Warriors how the Shadow Dragons were born from the negative energy that was stored in the Dragon Balls, after years of overusing the balls to grant wishes. As the GT series comes to a close, both he and Kibitoshin watch Goku defeat all of the Shadow Dragons and restore the natural order of the universe.
